Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) the driver of a tow-truck.

1975		Bulletin 6 Sept. 72: The average time it takes the first ‘towie’ to get on a crash scene in a built-up area is between two and three minutes.
1988		Sydney Morning Herald 13 Apr. 7: Len [...] has been a towie for 30 years and ‘on call’ continuously for the last nine [GAW4].
1994		Age (Melbourne) 22 May 18: Whose car? ‘Malcolm Fraser’s’, said the towie as he rolled away. Almost as embarrassing as losing your trousers [GAW4].
2002		Indep. News 29 Dec. 🌐 The boss Reg Humbles wants this event to mark day one of the public’s recognising the new gentleman image of tow truck drivers. ‘Towies used to blue over jobs in the past, now they behave like gentlemen. Ask the police. We work on a roster and take turn-about to tow away a crash car.’.